Hortonville Area School District
Curriculum Writing Peer Review Process
Curriculum Authors: _________________________________________ Date: _____________
TITLE of Course Reviewed:_______________________________________________________
2010-2011
Train ALL STAFF
on BYOC Define Terms
2011-2012 Write
Curriculum -CCSS
if available - BYOC
PEER REVIEW
Data Warehouse
implementation
2012-2013
Benchmark all
Courses- RTI ,PLCStaff ,Data
Warehouse
training
2014-2015
Implement
SmarterBalanced
Assessment Focus on
Formative
Assessment
Peer Review Process
1. Staff members will be assigned to a curriculum writing team (these are the staff
members who wrote the curriculum). They must gather a PEER REVIEW TEAM (the
writers and their colleagues looking at the curriculum for quality) which must include:
a. The Curriculum Authors
b. A colleague from outside department
c. Someone who teaches above OR below grade level (within your
department if applicable)
2. The PEER REVIEW TEAM previews the Build Your Own Curriculum (BYOC) course
document, meets to discuss this document, and finally completes page 2 and 3 of this
document as a team.
3. Upon review of the course, the PEER REVIEW TEAM makes a recommendation for
level of publication.
4. An administrator will sign off.
5. This form should be completed as a PEER REVIEW TEAM. In other words, all
members of the team can collectively submit this ONE form.
6. You are not required to serve as a reviewer, but can chose to do so when asked.
7. The 7 Hour Requirement Reimbursement form is separate from this form; each staff
member is responsible for filling out their own 7 Hour Requirement Reimbursement
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form.
HASD Curriculum Writing Peer Review Team Rubric
Peer Review Team: (Please sign this form.)
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
As a group, double check and approve below:
 Overview
 Unit(s)
 Topic(s)
 Learning Targets
 Aligned to State Standards, Writing Standards, Technology Standards
Please circle the closest description in each category below for the curriculum your team is reviewing:
CATEGORY
*Requirements
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Alignment
3.
Operational
All requirements are
met with minimal
standards.
Emerging
One requirement was
not completely met.
*Please circle missing
requirement on left.
All Learning Targets are
present, clear,
understandable, and
measurable/assessable.
Most Learning Targets
are present, clear,
understandable, and
measurable/assessable.
Some Learning Targets
are present, clear,
understandable, and
measurable/assessable.
All Learning Targets are
aligned to the
appropriate standards.
Most Learning Targets
are aligned to the
appropriate standards.
Some Learning Targets
are aligned to the
appropriate standards.
No Learning
Targets are
aligned to the
appropriate
standards.
Activities are present
throughout each unit.
Most activities are
present throughout
each unit.
Activities are sporadic
throughout the
document.
No activities
present
Course
Overview
Unit(s)
Topic(s)
Learning Targets
Learning Target
(* see notes below grid)
1.
2.
Highly Effective
All requirements are
met with quality.
Content
Writing
International Technology
Literacy
Activities
As seen through the four lenses
(see attached)
Mechanics
No misspellings or
grammatical errors
Minimal misspellings
and/or mechanical
errors
Moderate misspellings
and/or grammatical
errors
Materials and Resources
If present, check here.
_______
n/a
n/a
Not Present
More than one
requirement was
not completely
met.
*Please circle
missing
requirements on
left.
No Learning
Targets present
Significant
number of
misspellings
and/or
grammatical
errors.
If not present,
check here.
_______
*NOTES: Each topic features at least one Learning Target (LT). Each LT begins with a verb that completes the
sentence, “The student will ______.” Examples of LT’s can be found in the Knowledge Taxonomy Verb List on page
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6 at http://www.leadered.com/pdf/R&Rframework.pdf Example: Students will be able to throw a baseball using a
90° angle with their arm and leading with the opposite foot.
Does the scope and sequence of the curriculum (a planned amount of topics to cover and the
order in which they are presented) appear to flow?
Yes _____
No _____
If you checked no, please explain:
Based on the categories above, please check the following description that best describes the
effectiveness of the document in its entirety:
_____Not Present
______Emerging
______Operational
______Highly Effective
Based on the above, please circle one option for recommendation below. Curriculum must
be “Operational” or “Highly Effective” to be published:
a. Remain at PENDING
i. Major changes needed
b. Move to BEING REVISED
i. Some changes necessary
c. Move to PUBLISHED
i. Nothing needed until staff requests modification
What specific changes need to be made to this course?
Administrator signature: _________________________________________ Date: __________
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